Influences on recruitment to randomised controlled trials in mental health settings in England: A national cross-sectional survey of researchers working for the Mental Health Research Network

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Borschmann, Rohan ^a   Patterson, Sue ^b   Poovendran, Dilkushi ^c   Wilson, Danielle ^c   Weaver, Tim ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b METRO NORTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical studies officers; CSOs; England; Mental health; Mental Health Research Network; National Health Service; NHS; Randomised controlled trials; Recruitment; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84894435095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-23     Document Type: Article

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